Summary: On August 8, 1964, Virginia Zeani made her role debut in Madama Butterfly at the Teatro la Fenice in Venice. Throughout this episode the listener will hear excerpts from an in-house recording of the performance, the recordist of which is restless at times. She talks about the reining in vocal passion, her first Pinkerton, Angelo Mori, her encounter with the head of La Scala, Antonio Ghiringhelli, her Decca recording of Puccini arias yet missing opportunities to make other LPs and being content with her life. First, she talks about favorite moments from the Madama Butterfly (Part 2 of 2).
